Overview
Tongzhi Emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|
| Temple name |
Muzong |
穆宗 |
Muzong |
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 1873 十二年
AD 1866 同治五年
AD 1865 同治四年
AD 1861 穆宗即位
Places and affiliations
- Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Works and attributed material
- Edict · Author · Paraphrased
References in the histories
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 111Volume 111 Treatises 86: Selection and Examinations 6, Kao Ji · 1 passage
Draft History of Qing, Chapter 423Volume 423 Biographies 210: Zong Jichen, Yin Gengyun, Wang Zheng, Mu Jixianga, You Baichuan, Shen Huai · 9 passages
疏請慎擇宦寺，略言：「皇上沖齡御極，聖學日新，知識日開，左右侍從之輩，宜豫加慎選，勿使將來蠱惑聖聰。
He memorialized for careful selection of eunuchs, noting: "The emperor had come to the throne young, that his learning advanced daily, and that attendants at his side should be chosen with care lest they later mislead him.
即數年後皇上親政，亦斷不致寵任此輩，貽誤事機，何待臣下鰓鰓過慮？
When the emperor takes power in a few years he will surely not favor them to the ruin of state affairs—why must officials fret so anxiously?
當此之時，正聖學擴充之際，雖臣工皆能盡心輔佐，而宦寺尤宜加意斟酌。
This is a time when the emperor's learning is expanding; though officials serve him well, eunuchs especially require careful choice.
臣以為宦寺之設，無非效奔走、供指使而已，萬不可使年輕敏捷之人，常侍左右。
Eunuchs exist only to run errands and take orders; young, quick-witted men must never attend the emperor constantly.
請皇太后選忠正老成者為我皇上朝夕侍從，庶將來親政，必不致受其欺矇蠱惑，而無疆之聖德，基於此矣！」
I beg the empress dowager to choose loyal, upright, mature men to attend the emperor day and night, so that when he rules in person he will not be misled—and his boundless virtue will rest on this foundation!"
上以國籓迭疏引咎，特命回任專辦餉糈，雖未蕆全功，非貽誤軍情者可比，斥所奏過當，置不議。
The emperor noted that Zeng had repeatedly accepted blame and was ordered back to supply duty; though he had not finished the campaign, he had not ruined the war effort. The memorial was dismissed as excessive.
十二年，上親政，命葺治圓明園，奉皇太后駐蹕。
In the twelfth year (1873) the emperor assumed personal rule and ordered repairs to the Old Summer Palace for the empress dowager's residence.
御史沈淮疏請暫緩修理，上特諭宣示孝養兩宮之意，專修安佑宮供奉列聖御容，暨皇太后駐蹕之所，治事之地，量從節儉，不事華靡，此外均不必興修。
Censor Shen Huai asked to defer repairs. The emperor proclaimed his filial duty to both palaces: only the Palace of Imperial Peace would be restored for ancestral portraits and the empress dowager's residence and offices, with strict economy and no extravagance elsewhere.
百川繼疏申諫，上召入詰責，百川侃侃正言無所撓，上為動容，一時敢諫之名動朝野。
Baichuan remonstrated again. Summoned and rebuked by the emperor, he spoke frankly without yielding. The emperor was moved, and his reputation for bold remonstrance spread through the court.